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Uh..i live in a relatively small town, and a lot of the local stores were better than walmart at wages and service, and had good selection. They just couldn't beat price due to being regional instead of nationwide chains. Stores like Benny's for example:

http://wtnh.com/2017/09/08/bennys-to-close-all-31-stores-thi...

Wal-mart killed toy stores, I think too; better selection, but you can't beat them on price.

You can't compete with someone who can price things maybe even half of what you can because of scale. That means they replace the two or three retail department stores and many small specialist shops or niche stores in your region with one or two walmarts